Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Last Call

Tarik Skubal leads the final pitcher rankings of the season, but like many starters in the final week, his second start is up in the air.

Updated on September 23, 2024 12:29AM EST

Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Last Call

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Updated on September 23, 2024 12:29AM EST

Weekly Pitcher Rankings

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It seems like just yesterday that I was posting the three- and 10-day rankings to open the season. But that was 26 weeks ago and here we are, one week left.

You know the deal: don't overlook pitching ratios over the final week, and everything is even more tentative than normal.

As always, it's been a pleasure grinding these out every week. Hopefully they've helped you manage a winning roster.

UPDATED: Monday September 23, 12:30 AM ET

Week of September 23 - 29

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	TB, CWS	Second start depends on Wild Card race
2	Cole Ragans	KC	@WAS, @ATL	Ditto
3	Bailey Ober	MIN	MIA, BAL	Benefited from a soft schedule
4	Framber Valdez	HOU	SEA
5	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@WAS	Making a push for the NL Cy Young
6	Aaron Nola	PHI	CHC, @WAS	Good pair to get back on track heading into the playoffs
7	Chris Sale	ATL	NYM
8	Blake Snell	SF	STL	Will he get a long term deal this offseason?
9	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@OAK, @LAA
10	Bryce Miller	SEA	@HOU, OAK
11	Tanner Bibee	CLE	CIN
12	Michael King	SD	@LAD, @ARI	Tough pair, but good warm-up for the postseason
13	Tanner Houck	BOS	@TOR, TB	Hopes to finish strong, but has had a down 2H
14	Nick Pivetta	BOS	TB
15	Luis Castillo	SEA	OAK
16	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@PIT
17	Gerrit Cole	NYY	BAL

It seems like just yesterday that I was posting the three- and 10-day rankings to open the season. But that was 26 weeks ago and here we are, one week left.

You know the deal: don't overlook pitching ratios over the final week, and everything is even more tentative than normal.

As always, it's been a pleasure grinding these out every week. Hopefully they've helped you manage a winning roster.

UPDATED: Monday September 23, 12:30 AM ET

Week of September 23 - 29

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	TB, CWS	Second start depends on Wild Card race
2	Cole Ragans	KC	@WAS, @ATL	Ditto
3	Bailey Ober	MIN	MIA, BAL	Benefited from a soft schedule
4	Framber Valdez	HOU	SEA
5	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@WAS	Making a push for the NL Cy Young
6	Aaron Nola	PHI	CHC, @WAS	Good pair to get back on track heading into the playoffs
7	Chris Sale	ATL	NYM
8	Blake Snell	SF	STL	Will he get a long term deal this offseason?
9	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@OAK, @LAA
10	Bryce Miller	SEA	@HOU, OAK
11	Tanner Bibee	CLE	CIN
12	Michael King	SD	@LAD, @ARI	Tough pair, but good warm-up for the postseason
13	Tanner Houck	BOS	@TOR, TB	Hopes to finish strong, but has had a down 2H
14	Nick Pivetta	BOS	TB
15	Luis Castillo	SEA	OAK
16	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@PIT
17	Gerrit Cole	NYY	BAL
18	Zac Gallen	ARI	SF
19	Yusei Kikuchi	HOU	SEA
20	Bryan Woo	SEA	OAK
21	Michael Wacha	KC	@WAS
22	Jameson Taillon	CHC	CIN
23	Seth Lugo	KC	@ATL
24	Nick Martinez	CIN	@CHC
25	Logan Webb	SF	@ARI
26	Dylan Cease	SD	@LAD
27	Shota Imanaga	CHC	CIN	Should garner a few down ballot NL ROY votes
28	Hunter Greene	CIN	@CHC
29	Hunter Brown	HOU	SEA
30	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@NYY	Pitching best at the ideal time
31	Kutter Crawford	BOS	TB
32	Max Fried	ATL	NYM
33	Luis Gil	NYY	PIT	No sign of an innings restriction
34	Joey Cantillo	CLE	CIN
35	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	CHC
36	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	@COL
37	Brant Hurter	DET	CWS
38	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	BAL, PIT
39	Carlos Rodon	NYY	PIT
40	Kevin Gausman	TOR	BOS
41	Jose Berrios	TOR	MIA
42	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@OAK
43	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@HOU
44	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@DET, @BOS
45	Nestor Cortes	NYY	BAL
46	Reese Olson	DET	TB
47	Bowden Francis	TOR	BOS	Best FAAB pickup of the year?
48	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@LAA	Not likely to pitch much more than three innings
49	Yu Darvish	SD	@ARI
50	Chris Bassitt	TOR	BOS, MIA
51	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	SF
52	George Kirby	SEA	@HOU
53	Paul Skenes	PIT	@NYY
54	Pablo Lopez	MIN	BAL
55	JP Sears	OAK	@SEA
56	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	NYM, KC
57	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	SF, SD
58	Cody Bradford	TEX	@OAK
59	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@CLE
60	Zack Littell	TB	@DET
61	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@WAS
62	Zach Eflin	BAL	@NYY
63	Jakob Junis	CIN	@CLE
64	Andrew Heaney	TEX	@LAA
65	DJ Herz	WAS	KC
66	Mitch Spence	OAK	TEX, @SEA
67	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@CWS
68	Merrill Kelly	ARI	SD
69	Hayden Birdsong	SF	@ARI, STL
70	Aaron Civale	MIL	@PIT
71	Jack Flaherty	LAD	SD
72	Charlie Morton	ATL	KC
73	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	MIA
74	Brady Basso	OAK	TEX
75	Mix 12 Reliever
76	Garrett Crochet	CWS	LAA
77	Luis Severino	NYM	@ATL, @MIL
78	Sean Manaea	NYM	@ATL
79	David Festa	MIN	MIA
80	Joe Musgrove	SD	@LAD
81	Miles Mikolas	STL	@SF
82	Justin Verlander	HOU	@CLE
83	Shane Baz	TB	@BOS
84	J.T. Ginn	OAK	TEX
85	Justin Steele	CHC	@PHI
86	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@CLE
87	Landen Roupp	SF	STL
88	Mitch Keller	PIT	MIL
89	Brayan Bello	BOS	@TOR
90	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@MIN
91	Mix 15 Reliever
92	Brady Singer	KC	@ATL
93	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	CIN
94	Gavin Williams	CLE	HOU
95	Jose Quintana	NYM	@MIL
96	Tyler Alexander	TB	@DET
97	Richard Fitts	BOS	@TOR
98	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@WAS
99	Jake Irvin	WAS	PHI
100	Tobias Myers	MIL	@PIT, NYM
101	Joey Estes	OAK	@SEA
102	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	MIA
103	Erick Fedde	STL	@COL
104	Mitchell Parker	WAS	KC
105	Valente Bellozo	MIA	@MIN
106	Jose Suarez	LAA	@CWS
107	Hayden Wesneski	CHC	@PHI
108	Reid Detmers	LAA	TEX
109	Dean Kremer	BAL	@NYY, @MIN
110	Keider Montero	DET	TB
111	Casey Mize	DET	CWS
112	Griffin Canning	LAA	TEX
113	Andre Pallante	STL	@SF
114	Tylor Megill	NYM	@MIL
115	Matthew Boyd	CLE	HOU
116	Bailey Falter	PIT	MIL, @NYY
117	Colin Rea	MIL	NYM
118	Mason Black	SF	@ARI
119	Julian Aguiar	CIN	@CLE
120	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	LAA, @DET
121	Jared Jones	PIT	@NYY
122	Ben Lively	CLE	HOU
123	Austin Gomber	COL	STL
124	Davis Martin	CWS	LAA
125	Rhett Lowder	CIN	@CHC
126	Frankie Montas	MIL	NYM
127	Taj Bradley	TB	@BOS
128	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	@COL
129	Javier Assad	CHC	@PHI
130	Albert Suarez	BAL	@MIN
131	Kyle Freeland	COL	STL
132	Sean Burke	CWS	@DET
133	Zebby Matthews	MIN	BAL
134	Cade Povich	BAL	@MIN
135	Landon Knack	LAD	SD, @COL
136	David Peterson	NYM	@ATL
137	Luis Ortiz	PIT	MIL
138	Walker Buehler	LAD	SD
139	Kyle Gibson	STL	@COL
140	Ryan Feltner	COL	STL, LAD
141	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	PHI
142	Ryan Weathers	MIA	@MIN, @TOR
143	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@CWS, TEX
144	Adam Oller	MIA	@TOR
145	Taijuan Walker	PHI	CHC
146	Trevor Williams	WAS	PHI
147	Martin Perez	SD	@ARI
148	Patrick Corbin	WAS	KC
149	Chris Flexen	CWS	@DET
150	Michael McGreevy	STL	@COL, @SF
151	Ryne Nelson	ARI	SD
152	Darren McCaughan	MIA	@TOR
153	Cal Quantrill	COL	LAD
154	Grant Holmes	ATL	KC
155	Antonio Senzatela	COL	LAD

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	TB, CWS	Second start depends on Wild Card race
2	Cole Ragans	KC	@WAS, @ATL	Ditto
3	Bailey Ober	MIN	MIA, BAL	Benefited from a soft schedule
4	Framber Valdez	HOU	SEA
5	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@OAK, @LAA
6	Bryce Miller	SEA	@HOU, OAK
7	Tanner Bibee	CLE	CIN
8	Tanner Houck	BOS	@TOR, TB	Hopes to finish strong, but has had a down 2H
9	Nick Pivetta	BOS	TB
10	Luis Castillo	SEA	OAK
11	Gerrit Cole	NYY	BAL
12	Yusei Kikuchi	HOU	SEA
13	Bryan Woo	SEA	OAK
14	Michael Wacha	KC	@WAS
15	Seth Lugo	KC	@ATL
16	Hunter Brown	HOU	SEA
17	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@NYY	Pitching best at the ideal time
18	Kutter Crawford	BOS	TB
19	Luis Gil	NYY	PIT	No sign of an innings restriction
20	Joey Cantillo	CLE	CIN
21	Brant Hurter	DET	CWS
22	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	BAL, PIT
23	Carlos Rodon	NYY	PIT
24	Kevin Gausman	TOR	BOS
25	Jose Berrios	TOR	MIA
26	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@OAK
27	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@HOU
28	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@DET, @BOS
29	Nestor Cortes	NYY	BAL
30	Reese Olson	DET	TB
31	Bowden Francis	TOR	BOS	Best FAAB pickup of the year?
32	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@LAA	Not likely to pitch much more than three innings
33	Chris Bassitt	TOR	BOS, MIA
34	George Kirby	SEA	@HOU
35	Pablo Lopez	MIN	BAL
36	JP Sears	OAK	@SEA
37	Cody Bradford	TEX	@OAK
38	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@CLE
39	Zack Littell	TB	@DET
40	Zach Eflin	BAL	@NYY
41	Andrew Heaney	TEX	@LAA
42	Mitch Spence	OAK	TEX, @SEA
43	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@CWS
44	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	MIA
45	Brady Basso	OAK	TEX
46	Garrett Crochet	CWS	LAA
47	David Festa	MIN	MIA
48	Justin Verlander	HOU	@CLE
49	Shane Baz	TB	@BOS
50	J.T. Ginn	OAK	TEX
51	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@CLE
52	Brayan Bello	BOS	@TOR
53	Brady Singer	KC	@ATL
54	Gavin Williams	CLE	HOU
55	Tyler Alexander	TB	@DET
56	Richard Fitts	BOS	@TOR
57	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@WAS
58	Joey Estes	OAK	@SEA
59	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	MIA
60	Jose Suarez	LAA	@CWS
61	AL Reliever
62	Reid Detmers	LAA	TEX
63	Dean Kremer	BAL	@NYY, @MIN
64	Keider Montero	DET	TB
65	Casey Mize	DET	CWS
66	Griffin Canning	LAA	TEX
67	Matthew Boyd	CLE	HOU
68	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	LAA, @DET
69	Ben Lively	CLE	HOU
70	Davis Martin	CWS	LAA
71	Taj Bradley	TB	@BOS
72	Albert Suarez	BAL	@MIN
73	Sean Burke	CWS	@DET
74	Zebby Matthews	MIN	BAL
75	Cade Povich	BAL	@MIN
76	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@CWS, TEX
77	Chris Flexen	CWS	@DET

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@WAS	Making a push for the NL Cy Young
2	Aaron Nola	PHI	CHC, @WAS	Good pair to get back on track heading into the playoffs
3	Chris Sale	ATL	NYM
4	Blake Snell	SF	STL	Will he get a long term deal this offseason?
5	Michael King	SD	@LAD, @ARI	Tough pair, but good warm-up for the postseason
6	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@PIT
7	Zac Gallen	ARI	SF
8	Jameson Taillon	CHC	CIN
9	Nick Martinez	CIN	@CHC
10	Logan Webb	SF	@ARI
11	Dylan Cease	SD	@LAD
12	Shota Imanaga	CHC	CIN	Should garner a few down ballot NL ROY votes
13	Hunter Greene	CIN	@CHC
14	Max Fried	ATL	NYM
15	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	CHC
16	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	@COL
17	Yu Darvish	SD	@ARI
18	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	SF
19	Paul Skenes	PIT	@NYY
20	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	NYM, KC
21	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	SF, SD
22	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@WAS
23	Jakob Junis	CIN	@CLE
24	DJ Herz	WAS	KC
25	Merrill Kelly	ARI	SD
26	Hayden Birdsong	SF	@ARI, STL
27	Aaron Civale	MIL	@PIT
28	Jack Flaherty	LAD	SD
29	Charlie Morton	ATL	KC
30	Luis Severino	NYM	@ATL, @MIL
31	Sean Manaea	NYM	@ATL
32	Joe Musgrove	SD	@LAD
33	Miles Mikolas	STL	@SF
34	Justin Steele	CHC	@PHI
35	Landen Roupp	SF	STL
36	Mitch Keller	PIT	MIL
37	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@MIN
38	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	CIN
39	Jose Quintana	NYM	@MIL
40	Jake Irvin	WAS	PHI
41	Tobias Myers	MIL	@PIT, NYM
42	Erick Fedde	STL	@COL
43	Mitchell Parker	WAS	KC
44	Valente Bellozo	MIA	@MIN
45	Hayden Wesneski	CHC	@PHI
46	NL Reliever
47	Andre Pallante	STL	@SF
48	Tylor Megill	NYM	@MIL
49	Bailey Falter	PIT	MIL, @NYY
50	Colin Rea	MIL	NYM
51	Mason Black	SF	@ARI
52	Julian Aguiar	CIN	@CLE
53	Jared Jones	PIT	@NYY
54	Austin Gomber	COL	STL
55	Rhett Lowder	CIN	@CHC
56	Frankie Montas	MIL	NYM
57	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	@COL
58	Javier Assad	CHC	@PHI
59	Kyle Freeland	COL	STL
60	Landon Knack	LAD	SD, @COL
61	David Peterson	NYM	@ATL
62	Luis Ortiz	PIT	MIL
63	Walker Buehler	LAD	SD
64	Kyle Gibson	STL	@COL
65	Ryan Feltner	COL	STL, LAD
66	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	PHI
67	Ryan Weathers	MIA	@MIN, @TOR
68	Adam Oller	MIA	@TOR
69	Taijuan Walker	PHI	CHC
70	Trevor Williams	WAS	PHI
71	Martin Perez	SD	@ARI
72	Patrick Corbin	WAS	KC
73	Michael McGreevy	STL	@COL, @SF
74	Ryne Nelson	ARI	SD
75	Darren McCaughan	MIA	@TOR
76	Cal Quantrill	COL	LAD
77	Grant Holmes	ATL	KC
78	Antonio Senzatela	COL	LAD

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